But it still doesn't change the fact that he didn't need to ask him to do that. Aiden is asking of something of Dylan, Dylan has no reason to ask anything of Aiden. This is not a quid pro quo because if Dylan doesn't do what do Aiden wants, he'll continue bullying him. Dylan has no leverage to say, "if you don't do what I want, I won't do what you want", because he'll just get beaten up.
We've seen examples of Dylan doing things with Sophia like going shopping with her, bringing her breakfast in bed, so if he's capable of doing these things, why would he not think that this is a way to try and cheer his Mom up from what he perceives is a midlife crisis? He's also a massive fucking idiot to think that scumbag Aiden wouldn't pull something like this and he's also an idiot because he giving Aiden so much leverage over him by asking him to do this.
It's honestly a terrible way to justify an already crappy subplot of this story because it ruins a perfectly good character by turning them into a total fucking dipshit.
Not anymore.
Fuck his intentions! Good intentions mean fuck all when the way you try to make good on them results in terrible outcomes.
"Yes, I know I ran over all those people with my car and many of them died, but my wife was giving birth in the backseat and I was trying to get to a hospital, so my intentions were good."